Designs and applications of fluorescent protein-based biosensors

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Ibraheem, Andreas ^a   Campbell, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

AEQUOREA;

EID: 75149112222     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.09.033     Document Type: Review

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